I Never Had a Sister

I NEVER HAD A SISTER

I never had a sister 
Me and four brothers made up the family 
It was high school that I missed her 
To tell me what the other girls never saw in me 

I got married when I was twenty 
More like sister really 
And less like a lover 
But it didn't last too long 
We sang our black swan song 
She moved to Florida and I ran for cover 

I sometimes had a mother 
Seems like she left me too when she left the old man 
She'd come back with my baby brother 
They tried to hold to something that they never really had 

So twice a month at her mobile home manor 
Forced to face each other by acourt decree 
I learned to love my mother 
When I finally figured out that she loved me 

I never had a savior 
Though I'd pray to beat the devil 
Through the lightning and the thunder 
A temporary change of behavior 
I'd lift my prayer's up to the ceiling 
But the cracks would make me wonder 

Now I wander through the woods by the river 
And make my altar out of earth, stone and wood 
There's one thing 'bout a savior 
If you ain't lost, a savior can't do you any good 
If you ain't lost, a savior can't do you any good